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A musician whose instrument failed at a crucial moment calmly picked up another oboe and carried on as though nothing had happened.
The principal oboe player at the London Symphony Orchestra was mid-solo when his first instrument went silent, forcing him to pick up another one and quickly play on.
Olivier Stankiewicz was remarkably untroubled by the incident, switching between oboes seamlessly.
He was accompanying an opera singer, but the tiny pause in the music as he changed instruments was barely noticeable.

